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Google Chrome javascript benchmark test

Posted on September 3, 2008, 10:52 am EST

Yesterday, Google released their beta browser application called Chrome on their official Google Blog. Although many features are missing, I assume they are still working on them since it is still beta. By using webkits open source SunSpider JavaScript browser benchmark, Google Chrome beats its competitors by a good margin.

I have ran the results on a Intel Pentium 4 processor with 2 gb of RAM. The same benchmark will be done an a Intel Quad Core processor. The table below explains the results in great detail for each test:

CODE:
					brower execution time (ms)
				IE7	FF 3	Opera	Safari	Chrome
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total	all			42596.4	4336.2	6410	6083.2	2337.2
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3d	total			1953	581.2	634.2	709.4	153
	cube			531.2	218.4	196.8	228	39.8
	morph			562.6	170.2	228	209.4	59.8
	raytrace		859.2	192.6	209.4	272	53.4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
access	total			2690.2	697.6	890.4	962.6	114.2
	binary-trees		731.4	65.8	56	112.2	7.2
	fannkuch		990.4	352	406.4	472	35.8
	nbody			493.4	178.2	300	265.6	44.6
	nsieve			475	101.6	128	112.8	26.6
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
bitops	total			2322.2	451	665.6	584	90.6
	3bit-bits-in-byte	650.2	99.8	90.8	103	5.6
	bits-in-byte		547	114.8	134.4	121.8	13.4
	bitwise-and		609.4	86.2	287.2	187.4	23.8
	nsieve-bits		515.6	150.2	153.2	171.8	47.8
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controlflow	total		762.4	53.6	81	150.2	3.6
	recursive		762.4	53.6	81	150.2	3.6
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
crypto	total			1506	291.4	325.2	440	84.6
	aes			528.2	105.6	150	137.2	31.8
	md5			478	95	90.8	121.8	29.4
	sha1			499.8	90.8	84.4	181	23.4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
date	total			1477.8	424.8	1088	703	513.4
	format-tofte		637.4	251.8	337.6	284.6	313
	format-xparb		840.4	173	750.4	418.4	200.4
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math	total			1778	529.8	565.4	815.8	168.6
	cordic			706.2	226.4	253	322	92
	partial-sums		393.6	180.4	187.4	340.6	57
	spectral-norm		678.2	123	125	153.2	19.6
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
regexp	total			362.4	251.4	553.4	328	450.6
	dna			362.4	251.4	553.4	328	450.6
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
string	total			29744.4	1055.4	1606.8	1390.2	758.6
	base64			13384.6	117.8	156.4	196.6	105.8
	fasta			890.8	225.6	306.4	353	68.6
	tagcloud		4140.6	202.4	303.2	218.8	198.4
	unpack-code		1019	370.6	681.2	259.4	262
	validate-input		10309.4	139	159.6	362.4	123.8
========================================================================

As seen above, the test is running 5 times to get the average. I have created some bar graphs to demonstrate how fast chrome really is with respect to JavaScript.

As shown above, Internet Explorer 7 is running these tests really slow. I ran the tests 3 times and still the same result. Takes 42 seconds to run all the trials, while Google Chrome took 2.3 seconds. I was really surprised the result was about 20x faster. Lets compare the other browsers which have similar results.

Opera and Safari have similar execution times, if you take a look at the table above, you will see how they differ. Firefox cuts the js execution time by 33% than Opera and Safari, where Chrome cuts the execution time by 50% than Firefox.

This is pretty cool, if you look closely ... Look how fast Chrome does its recursion :x That is pretty insane! I am so going to keep my eye out on this release. When browsing websites that have extensive AJAX usage, I am feeling a more realistic response than other browsers. I just wonder, why didn't they include this with Firefox since they help develop some features as well.

Make sure to test run this amazing future browser: http://www.google.com/chrome

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